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Air traffic controllers work for the FAA, or Federal Aviation Administration, which is part of the Department of Transportation. Too many controllers are white. And so, in 2012, our black president, Barack Obama, ordered our Hispanic transportation secretary, Michael Huerta, to order the FAA to solve that awful problem.

I recently wrote about the controversy over removing Confederate era statues from public places, and in my column I acknowledged the concerns of those who don't want to honor or celebrate men who fought, at least in part, to preserve slavery. But then I asked a question: Where does it end? "Is taking down a statue of Robert E. Lee or Stonewall Jackson or Jefferson Davis enough?" I wondered. Or after we scrub them from history do we have to move on to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, two presidents who owned slaves? I failed to mention Christopher Columbus in...

'Agitators' vs. Rebels As citizens put Forrest under fire, activist Sharpton aims fusillade at city leaders By Oliver Staley August 14, 2005 On a day when many feared an outbreak of racial strife, the only violence sparked by a rally at Forrest Park was of the rhetorical variety. Attracted in part by the appearance of Al Sharpton, a modest crowd of about 250 gathered peacefully for a "Rally for Dignity" to remove the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederate general celebrated and vilified throughout the South. The protesters, who were surrounded by what appeared to be an almost equal...